Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — There’s been much handwringing over the scourge of shoplifting in America since 2020. To hear some retailers and politicians tell it, retail crime is out of control across the country. The trouble with that story is, it’s not accurate. To be clear, theft is happening, as it always
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — A former employee of the Jacksonville Jaguars has been accused of stealing more than $22 million from the NFL team to fund a lavish lifestyle, according to court documents filed in US District Court this week. The court filing says Amit Patel used the money to fund online gambling,
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Nothing produces a tingle up the spine quite like live theater, and “Waitress: The Musical” joins the list of filmed musicals that have preserved their stage qualities while giving viewers the best seat in the house. Sara Bareilles headlines this adaptation for which she wrote the lilting songs,
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Jean Joachim’s menorah has been sitting in the window of her first-floor New York City apartment for more than a decade. She loves lighting it every year on Hanukkah, and even when the holiday has passed, she keeps it on display. The gold-colored candelabra is a family
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Manchester United continued its rollercoaster season with an important 2-1 win against Chelsea on Wednesday. Scott McTominay got both goals on an morale-boosting night for the host, the Scotland international scoring either side of Cole Palmer’s brilliant finish for Chelsea. The win sends United sixth in the English Premier
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Todo terminó en apenas una hora y 15 minutos, hace exactamente 82 años. Más de 350 aviones japoneses, anunciados apenas por el zumbido ensordecedor de sus motores radiales y cubriendo temporalmente los cielos de Hawai, emergieron desde el norte y se lanzaron sobre el puerto de Pearl Harbor en la
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — For months, Albanian opposition parties have used flares and noise to disrupt Parliament, in protest at what they describe as the authoritarian rule of the governing Socialist Party. On Thursday, lawmakers passed the annual budget and other laws, despite opposition claims that the Socialists have blocked
Continue Reading By Dan Wright, CNN London (CNN) — British poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah has died after a short illness, according to a post from his family on his official X account. The statement said the 65-year-old was diagnosed with a brain tumor only eight weeks ago. Zephaniah came to prominence as a poet and author
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CNN By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno, Arit John and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — The explosive fourth Republican presidential debate Wednesday night made plain why former President Donald Trump has so far skipped the 2024 primary debate circuit. The four contenders onstage — former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former New
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CNN By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno, Arit John and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — The explosive fourth Republican presidential debate Wednesday night made plain why former President Donald Trump has so far skipped the 2024 primary debate circuit. The four contenders onstage — former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former New
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — Employers are growing more cautious, pulling down some job postings and reining in hiring. Employees are sticking around more and not bouncing as readily for better opportunities. Welcome to the wait-and-see job market. Some of those holding patterns are being reflected in the federal jobs reports that have
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A pickup truck driver in a Boston suburb is accused of crashing into a police officer and a utility employee at a work site, killing both, then pulling a knife on another officer before stealing his cruiser and crashing, law enforcement officials said.
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says that Russia’s intelligence services have targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage and “malicious cyberactivity” as part of sustained attempts to interfere in U.K. political processes. The Foreign Office says Russia’s FSB agency was responsible for a range of cyberespionage
Continue ReadingOpinion by Gene Seymour (CNN) — Norman Lear, who died Tuesday at 101 years young, leaves behind a rich and complicated legacy. On the one hand, he was the right person for the right time. As the 1960s morphed into the 1970s and social change transpired at a pace too fast for some, maybe most
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — This year’s stock rally is back on course, but not everyone is on board. The S&P 500 index in November notched its best monthly performance this year, snapping a three-month streak of steep losses as Wall Street became optimistic that the Federal Reserve is done raising
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift has said that a 2016 feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian felt like “a career death,” adding it “took me down psychologically.” Swift was speaking to Time magazine after being named the publication’s 2023 “Person of the Year.” In the interview, published Wednesday, the singer recalled
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Benjamin Zephaniah, a British poet, political activist and actor who drew huge inspiration from his Caribbean roots, has died. He was 65. Zephaniah died Thursday after being diagnosed with a brain tumor eight weeks ago, his family said in a statement on Instagram. “We shared him with
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The American press is facing, arguably, the gravest potential threat to its freedom in a generation. The four-time indicted, twice-impeached disgraced former president, Donald Trump, who admitted Tuesday that he will govern as a “dictator” on “day one” should he win office again, is overtly vowing to weaponize
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Jean Joachim’s menorah has been sitting in the window of her first-floor New York City apartment for more than a decade. She loves lighting it every year on Hanukkah, and even when the holiday has passed, she keeps it on display. The gold-colored candelabra is a family heirloom.
Continue Reading By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark had a game-high 35 points on her way to an unprecedented achievement as her Iowa Hawkeyes took down their in-state rivals, the Iowa State Cyclones, 67-58 on Wednesday. The reigning consensus national player of the year registered her 3,000th career point on the night, making her the
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